ATS Formula 3 Cup

Across-the-board success

Following the perfect debut into the 2007 season, it seems appropriate to talk about an across-the-board success, with two Formula 3 ATS Cup race weekends being contested. And this does not only apply to the prospering series that has got an own TV magazine on German TV station premiere alone but also to a new engine concept that is celebrating a stunning streak of success.

The OPC Challenge Engine designed and produced by 'Spiess Motorenbau GmbH' succeeded in convincing both in the season kick-off at Hockenheim and the second race weekend, held at Oschersleben. After all, all the four race wins and pole positions were secured with the OPC Challenge Engine, with all the four fastest race laps also having been set by drivers relying on the new power unit.

When it came to designing the OPC Challenge based of the extremely successful Opel Formula 3 engine, cost reduction was the main goal. The requirement: 'One engine for the entire season.' To realise this goal, Spiess reinforced the aggregate in several areas and designed it for long maintenance intervals. At the same time, a slight extension of the air restrictor to 27 millimetres helps to compensate for the loss of power. At the end of the day, the first four rounds of the season proved that all the goal set were realised in an extremely successful way.

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